The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-04-22

thing lie said shortly. Leave if
AS / passed out saw the votI1lt Girl blue
ewes {se1 ,,,,.,, me st..sji,, and aars
,ss K, i Z .s $3.50
a, '','s LIZ = y
chat misty office,
MED, " said ], as the good fellow met me
with smiling expectations. sspennipeton
sa,,,a - ,.,,;ts x,laso5 LIZ a., t;rst ,,,1
seems nos qu,se Pleaseu WIN sne nIss yol-
ume.' lcouidn't Drlng mysefi 70 repeat to
a stanch admirer the publishers frank criti-
cism in full.
nA;n,t ,,Iaased2 Hah ", avclo;,ned Nad
n Pea'e 0u 49,
Win irienoiy violence, -olun : tnae sneaky,
downcast-loo boxing cur, that Bela, read your
vol. one2''
.sr,ss., -, aa.aN
inats ~, saio Ned; tnars Just WHATS
the matter" Theinelegance and inaccuracy
of my friends speech always pardoned in
view Of its hearty good nature. "Now," he
went IN s.vo,, carry ~ m q fl,e nro, cod
tb ai letters sea T Nslss 70 nuh,;shsr
Vne !esselS separateiy)' Selse' W Puonsner'
that's got decent reader,
"But," ] answered, 81 haven't another
copy, and the original scrawl was destroyed
bit by Bit
Ned went to his business, and went
where / received $40 on my watch from
Hebrew gentleman. Nothing remained of
the 81, 1000, my whole patrimony, with which
/ had launched into life and literature some
thing over year before. was an orphan,
without friends and possessed of the most
genteel and uplifted idea about the sorts of
labor consonant with young gentleman's
dignity.
In two weeks presented myself at Pen
nngtons, asking; have you read the
second part, SIR ~
N-no, ne answered, wasn't Just at
i nand the DAY mad leisure and Wen, well,
It's quite useless. Mr. Bell found the nrst
part unavailable, but-but-come IN to-mor-
row.
aO-m0fr0W, accSorulngiy, came. te,,t,,,
MI. BELL salo fennlngton-oniy mildly
1retiui . M1en ne SPOKE 70 tnls uhcanny per
son-adld you ma TINS young mans manu-
script g. q,
NO, answered bell, tne Gay ne brought
Ine second part lald the nrst on your desk
peslde u, I've not seen e,ther slqcef
on uon mean 70 say.1 nal1 was rather
glad to use asperlty toward Bell--ssyou don't
mean ca 70 say that my z, p %, Is iost!.
cant ma IT, Bel repned. haven't
you copyY"
mot copy OF single line
his wondering eyes dwelt on me Tor mo-
ment with show OF sympathy Il hated him
ior tnat pretense), ana ne SAD, Come IN
again.
After ia sold my seal ring l did come in
again, then again. and yet again, after va
/ +
panAX, until at last one day Bell declared:
That manuscript is hopelessly lost.
wv nat persons have access to this ofhceYs
asked, with stern meaning.
Let me see" Bell answered, and felt
that he was trying to appear unconscious of
my searching glance; ION that particular
day, which [ happen to remember well.
hardly any one came in.'
eyes" Pennington added, speaking to
Bell, II remember the day, too, because my
daughter was here andn. He stoned sud-
denly, coughed and scrawled a line in the
letter before him. while said to myself:
$50 the pretty SCHOOLGIRL is his daugRter.n
Bell seemed agitated. and if ever guilt were
written on a mans countenance read it in
his.
eve issue printed notice. explained
Pennington, "stating that we are not respon-
sible for rejected MANUSCRIPTS. However, if
Ned Russell dropped in as usual that night
and tried to comfort me by Offering to insult
Bell in the omen street The moor fellow
left me IS. which / knew he would have to
save ont Of his frugal lunches for a month to
come.
Well tried writing stories. poems and
sauibs for the papers. and these productions
were invariably returned. Ned's S. dress
suit and other garments all melted away,
gradually converted into two meals day
her capacious figure used to bar nv passage
on the stairs. it seems strange that through
all this stress / never thought of Towering
the standard by which / measured the EN-.
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